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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro waterfront and Beacon Street, between 1890-1935
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Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro waterfront and Beacon Street, between 1890-1935

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Photograph of the Port of Los Angeles, a view of San Pedro, Beacon Street and the waterfront looking north from the park at the intersection of Gaffey Street and Hamilton Street, ca.1890 (or ca.1903-1906, or ca.1935). A couple of large sailing vessels are in the harbor. The port is piled high with lumber. A horse-drawn wagon and several pedestrians are making their way up the dirt road at left. A clock tower is visible on one of the buildings. Legible signs include: ..."Clarence", "Restaurant", ..."Real estate".... 
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Title Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro waterfront and Beacon Street, between 1890-1935 
Subject Harbors  (lcsh), Los Angeles -- San Pedro and Wilmington -- Los Angeles Harbor -- General views -- 1900's -- 2 of 2  (file heading), Parks  (lcsh), roadways  (adlf), Streets  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place Beacon Street (roadway), California (states), Gaffey Street & Hamilton Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), San Pedro (city or populated place), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1890, 1903/1906, 1935 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 14 x 18 cm.; 1 photograph : photonegative, glass photonegative, b&w ; 14 x 18 cm., 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat) 
Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection) 
Date Created 1935 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library. 
Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library. 
Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given 
Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1017 
Identifier 1933 (accession number), CHS-1933 (call number), CHS-1933 (filename), plate no: 342-D (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-1906 (legacy record id), chs-m1017 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1049 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-1052 (legacy record id), 1-50-10 (microfiche number), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 1906 
Unique identifier UC117405 
Legacy Identifier CHS-1933.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 18.9 in × 14.4 in at 300dpi
48.0 cm × 36.6 cm at 300dpi 
Inherited Values
Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960 
Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans. 
Date Created 1860/1960 
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